A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...
As animals go about their lives ― eating, fighting, having babies ― they don’t always follow the script laid out for them by ...
Same-sex behavior is widespread in primates and may help strengthen social bonds and improve survival under challenging ...
A growing body of research suggests same-sex behavior in nonhuman primates is important to social connections.
Same-sex behavior is common across the animal kingdom—more than 1,500 species are estimated to have been observed engaging in ...
Nonhuman primates like bonobos and chimpanzees might engage in same-sex sexual activities to strengthen bonds, particularly ...
PARIS — Homosexual behavior in primates has a deep evolutionary basis and is more likely to occur in species that live in ...
In truth, it is not a paradox. The animals involved all seem perfectly eager participants in heterosexual behaviour, as well, so their reproduction is not compromised. It is, though, a puzzle—for ...
Researchers from 24 countries have analyzed the genomes of 809 individuals from 233 primate species, generating the most complete catalog of genomic information about our closest relatives to date.
A groundbreaking study has traced the 66-million-year evolutionary history of primates and overturned conventional thought that our ancestors originally inhabited warm tropical forests. Using advanced ...